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Episode two jumps back to how the couple first got together, after both were well-established in show business.
WhatFosse/Verdondoesnt do is overexplain who everybody is, or what theyre talking about.
This is a timeline of the high points in Fosses and Verdons lives and careers, together and alone.
Verdon stayed with Henaghan for five years and had her first child, a son also named James.
He was frequently left alone to design his own routines, and then to choreograph for other dancers.
He took home a Tony his first of nine.
They understood each other implicitly.
The two were a package deal at this point in their careers, with enough power to make demands.
Verdon answered on his behalf: Yes!
Hed been consistently successful in showbiz for over 20 years.
Hed never again be as omnipresent in popular culture as he was right then.
Fosse knew Bruces world well, having spent most of his young life around comedians and strippers.
And the movie was reasonably successful, at both the box office and at the Oscars.
Verdon played Roxie, while Chita Rivera played Velma.
(Verdon was also credited as a supervisor onDancin.
1987: Bob Fosse dies at age 60.Fosse succumbed to a heart attack while exiting a Washington hotel.
In a 1981 New YorkTimesprofile,Verdon said, Our first relationship was built on admiration and then friendship.
That you never destroy.
Theres no reason to destroy that.
Hes a fabulous father to Nicole.
We just dont live together.
But hes still the best friend Ive got.
